Argentina 1829-RA P 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 528 in Sincona sale 11 (Zürich, May 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ARGENTINIEN Provincias del Rio de la Plata 8 Escudos 1829, Rioja. PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA Þ Sonne mit Gesicht. Rv. EN UNION Y LIBERTAD RA P 8S Wappen zwischen Zweigen und Flaggen, Kanonen und Trommel, die Jahreszahl darunter. Von grosser Seltenheit, nur 2 bis 3 Exemplare bekannt. Winz. Schrötlingsf. Vorzüglich. Ex Auktion UBS 72, September 2007, Lot 227. (Argentina, Rio de la Plata, eight escudos of 1829, Rioja mint. Obverse: sunface; reverse: arms between cannon and flags, drum and date below. Extremely rare, perhaps two or three known. Cleaned extremely fine. From UBS auction 72, September 2007, lot 227.)"
This date is listed but not priced in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, 0.875 fine gold, .759 troy oz AGW, this specimen 25.76 g.
Catalog reference: Calico 1562. KM 21. Fr-2.
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- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals & Banknotes, Auction 11, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013.
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